Drapery heading hook



1943- M. E. PETTIT DRAPERY HEADING-HOOK Filed 001;. 3, 1941 ml ZPZZL ZINVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 5, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DRAPERY HEADING HOOKMaurice E. Pettit, Flint, Mich.

Application October 3, 1941, Serial No. 413,511

1 Claim.

This invention relates to drapery hooks, and more particularly to hooksknown as heading hooks.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a hook having meanswhereby it may be securely held in position on the drape or byfrictional contact of the pointed ends of the hook, with the drapery,thereby eliminating the necessity of securing hooks of this character bysewing the hooks in position. I

An important object of the invention is to provide a drapery hookincluding a body portion constructed of resilient wire material, andprongs formed at the ends of the body portion, the body portion adaptedto be bent intermediate its ends, drawingthe ends of the body portiontogether so that when the body portion is released, the prongs which areformed at the ends of the body portion, will extend into the clothmaterial of which the drapery is formed, firmly securing the hook inposition.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a draperyheading-hook which may be readily and easily secured, to the end thatthe hooks may be easily adjusted with respect to each other, to insure atrue hanging of the drapery, with which the hooks are used.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of con-' struction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein described, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a hook constructed in accordancewith the invention, and illustrating the hook as positioned as aheading-hook on drapery.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view of the hook, illustrating one end thereof I aspiercing the drapery, and the hook bent prior to the positioning of theprong at the opposite end of the hook.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the invention.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the hook as illustrated by Figure4 of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the hook, which is indicatedgenerally by the reference character 5, is constructed of a length of aresilient wire material, which is bent upon itself providing a hook 8intermediate the ends of the body portion of the device.

Adjacent to the ends of the body portion, the

length of wire material is formed into loops 1, the ends of the bodyportion terminating in prongs 8 which are adapted to pierce the clothmaterial of which the drapery is formed, and to which the hook issecured. The loops 1, not only add resiliency to the prongs, but at thesame time provide stops to prevent the prongs from extendingtoo far intothe cloth material. Then too, due to the construction of the prongs andloops 1, it will be seen that the cloth material is gripped between oneside of the loops and prongs adjacent thereto, to firmly grip thematerial.

The hook 6, is so constructed that portions thereof lie parallel withrespect to each other, the parallel portions separating when the hookproper or body portion is bent intermediate its ends, or bent as shownby Figure 3 of the drawing. When the prongs are then properlypositioned, and the body portion released, it will be obvious that theresiliency of the wire material of which the body portion is formed,will cause the prongs to move away from each other, firmly embeddingthemselves in the cloth material, in such a way as to preventdisplacement of the hook under the weight of the drape or curtain hungthereby.

In the form of the invention as shown by Figures 4 and 5 of the drawing,the body portion is constructed of a length of tempered metal havingflexible qualities, the body portion being bent intermediate its ends,providing a hook ill. The ends of the body portion are bent rearwardlyand are slightly ofiset as at I I, where they are pressed into closeengagement with the ends i2 of the prongs l3.

.Ihe hook shown by Figures 4 and 5 of the drawing is operated in thesame manner as the hook shown by Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing. Thatis, the body portion is bent intermediate its ends and the prongs I3positioned within the cloth material which is being hung. When the bodyportion is released, it is obvious that the body portion willstraightemwith the result that the prongs will be firmly embedded andheld to the drapery.

What is claimed is:

A drapery heading-hook comprising a body formed of a length of resilientwire material bent upon itself intermediate its ends, providingoutwardly extended parallel wire portions forming a hook, the ends ofthe body being sharpened providing prongs adapted to pierce the fabricof the drapery with which it is used, loops formed in the body adjacentto the prongs and providing overlapping gripping portions adapted togrip the drapery fabric adjacent to the prongs, restricting movement ofthe drapery fabric with respect to the body.

MAURICE E. PE'I'TIT.

